How to Prepare for that First PICU Position

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

Since there are so many people who ask this question and haven't looked for similar threads, I decided that I would create a sticky to reduce the number of times I pull them all together. Here are some threads that will provide the advice and information needed by someone who is starting their first PICU position:

INTERVIEWING

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pe...cu-361081.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pe...ar-200547.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pe...ew-122281.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pe...cu-246483.html

RESOURCES

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/need-picu-book-414470.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/picu-education-380452.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/bedside-assessment-picu-323236.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/help-picu-calculations-322974.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/trouble-time-management-312062.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/picu-mcg-kg-295448.html

New Grad - Peds Cardiac ICU - Nursing for Nurses

ISSUES

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/coping-pediatric-death-404211.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/how-deal-death-174043.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/ethics-cardiac-picu-367571.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/physical-restraint-picu-275375.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/parental-obstruction-care-339641.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/sedation-protocols-299699.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/standard-concentrations-does-269473.html

MISCELLANEOUS

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/new-picu-world-352679.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/how-physically-demanding-362752.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/suctioning-intubated-pt-346858.html

https://allnurses.com/picu-nursing-pediatric/new-and-drowning-318985.html